to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m bianna golodryga. we are following several major stories for you this morning. soon family members and the memphis community will gather for tyre nichols funeral to celebrate the life of the 29-year-old whose brutal death at the hands of police sparked protests across the nation. the families of george floyd and breonna taylor who have experienced similar losses are expected to be there. vice president kamala harris will also attend after an invitation from tyre nichols apartments. we will bring you the funeral live when it begins. right now house republicans say they re talking strategy ahead of president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy s meeting over the debt ceiling this afternoon. both sides are standing firm so far. republicans threatening to bring the country closer to defaulting on its debt as they demand spending cuts. the white house vows there will be no negotiations when it comes to paying the nation s existing bills. p
major consequences for all americans. just one hour from now the federal reserve is expected to roll out its eighth straight interest rate hike. experts, executives and the markets all hope it will be one of the smallest yet. just a few blocks away, down at the white house, president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy will sit down for their first stare-down since mccarthy became speaker over the debt ceiling. if one doesn t blink soon, you can say goodbye to federal elt benefits and hello to a financial meltdown, all courtesy of your representatives on capitol hill. let s start with cnn s matt egan over at the fed. matt, is today the day that jerome powell starts to pump the brakes on these interest rate hikes? it certainly looks that way. it would be a big surprise if that didn t happen. fed officials have been dropping hints, strong hints for weeks now that they do plan to dial back this war on inflation today. the thinking is that the fed goes from a 50 basis poin
in sport today, delight for scottish side darvel. how the sixth tier side upset all the odds to knock out premiership side aberdeen in what s being called the biggest upset in scottish cup history. 0k, set, and. . .action. and it s one of the biggest hits of the year so far. we go behind the scenes with star of happy valleyjames norton. there s an energy about tommy. there s a kind of animal, vital and unstoppable kind of force. and so when he s allowed to let rip, like he was yesterday, it s so fun. good morning. the northwest, southeast split in the weather once again today. the north and the west and cloudy with some patchy rain, and cloudy with some patchy rain, and the south has patchy fog and frost. it s tuesday 24th january. failings by the probation service left a serial offender free to commit murder, just days after he was released from prison, according to a damning watchdog report. the chief inspector of probation said a catalogue of errors led tojordan mcsweene
Thousands kept the tradition alive and flocked to the Katikati Agricultural and Pastoral Show, which is in its 99th year. Sunday’s cool but sunny weather.
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Israel again pounded the Gaza Strip on Saturday as the Palestinian territory suffered under a dire humanitarian situation and grappled with a telecommunications blackout on the 99th day of the war.